Originally posted by Deano
they have a very silly opinion? no..they are just deluded.its provable crouch can play well in the premiership.
water is wet, sun is hot, gravity exists, ronaldinho is class, crouch is not shit..facts
he's not shit though. if he was shit, he would play crap all game, and he woudnt be playing in the premiership, let alone for liverpool and england.
players who play well on a regular basis are not shit.*looks back*indeed i did, apologies.
well thank you for your personal insights
i ment on aggerate
I think it will be a Barcelona/Arsenal final.
Not too sure why having less English players is inherently bad as well.
Who cares? It's not like pushing our miners and teachers out of work. It's just football. You are judged on merit, and if you aren't good enough, then what can they do?
If the young English players weren't priced so extortionately, maybe there would be more buying of them by the big clubs.
Teams might play better with a home country backbone, but let's not go on like it's a national industry being stifled by evil corporations.
Originally posted by Fire
Offensive I surely agree with you, altho I think they take a few too many goals. I still think Milan VS Barca and/or Juve VS Barca would make great games.
yeh offensively they are brilliant. but if play the tactics right like they did against chelsea, then they could become very hard to beat. Milan are strong also.
Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
I think it will be a Barcelona/Arsenal final.Not too sure why having less English players is inherently bad as well.
Who cares? It's not like pushing our miners and teachers out of work. It's just football. You are judged on merit, and if you aren't good enough, then what can they do?
If the young English players weren't priced so extortionately, maybe there would be more buying of them by the big clubs.
Teams might play better with a home country backbone, but let's not go on like it's a national industry being stifled by evil corporations.
i personally am not that all bothered about the lack of english players. to me its just a game, and i love to watch it. regardless of what nationality is on the pitch
Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
Not too sure why having less English players is inherently bad as well.Who cares? It's not like pushing our miners and teachers out of work. It's just football. You are judged on merit, and if you aren't good enough, then what can they do?
Only having a few English players isn't bad per se, but it just seems strange for a team based in a particular country to not have any representatives from there, especially when there are good, young native players to choose from.
You use the analogy of comparing the situation to business, but if we equate a football club to a company, are there any companies that give their best jobs exclusively to foreign nationals?
I realise that my observations could be construed as contradictory in light of my opinion on the categorization of people by their borders, but I just think it is a rather peculiar situation.
Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
Only having a few English players isn't bad per se, but it just seems strange for a team based in a particular country to not have any representatives from there, especially when there are good, young native players to choose from.You use the analogy of comparing the situation to business, but if we equate a football club to a company, are there any companies that give their best jobs exclusively to foreign nationals?
The NHS springs to mind. It's not really exclusively, as well. Just so happens that Arsenal in particular don't have many English players.
It is a peculiar situation, because players from all countries can be easily signed for the same positions. The difference is usually that the foreign players are better, or cheaper.
Having said that, in many cases foreigners are bought just because they are foreign; there are so many high-profile flops. Even then though, the same is true of English players.